Medal; AM.13.175

Gold coloured medal awarded to Dr Harold Chaffer of Yorkshire, for excellence in Anatomy at the St. Mungo's College Medical School in Glasgow. Contained in a black pull string bag.
Jeanette Waters of Auckland found the Medal in 1953 as a 5 year old on a road at One Tree Hill Auckland New Zealand, about a kilometer from her home and handed it in to the police. The Medal was handed back after 6 months as the owner was unable to be found. 6 decades later, after unsuccesfully trying to trace Dr. Chaffers decendants, Mrs Waters found a Dunedin connection through Dr Chaffers wife Clementine Edmond who he married in London in 1907. Clementine was the daughter of John Edmond a leading hardware trader in Stafford Street Dunedin.
Dr Chaffers daughter, who was the Laird of Auckland and lived near One Tree Hill, later made a 5,000 pound gift to the Otago University to honour her Fathers memory.
This gift now funds the Harrold Chaffer Visiting Professorships at the University. In 2012 Mrs Waters made inquiries to the Scottish Medical School authorities, and discovered the Dunedin link of the Chaffer Professorships.

Medium and Materials

Metal
Gold plate

Inscription and Marks

Around the outer edge of the Medal are the words: FOUNDED 1876.INCORPORATED 1889 ST. MUNGO'S COLLEGE GLASGOW/LABOR-OMNIA/VINCIT
Around the outside edge of the medal: HAROLD CHAFFER/ANATOMY (SENIOR).SESSION 1895-6
In siver on black velvet bag; ABACUS

This object is from

Tags

Share

eHive copyright disclaimer

It is the responsibility of the eHive Account Holder to gain copyright clearance for any images or content published on eHive.
If you are concerned about the copyright status for any content in eHive or would like more information on using or ordering copies of content, please contact the Account Holder of that content.
If you would like more information on our copyright policy, click here.